Theories/Perspectives on Social Justice

Judith Butler believes that we are born a gender.

Which of the following is NOT part of self-policiing?

Hobbes believed that laws were unnecessary for the maintenance of a just society.

What promoted "happiness for the greatest number of people"?

Who believed that the talented and hardworking deserved more than the lazy?

Disability is a social construct.

Which revolution strived for individual and collective well-being?

Religions emphasized the importance of equality but had hierarchies which promoted inequality.

According to Foucault, justice has been invented.

Structural Oppression states that inequality is the result of...

Marx believed that individuals should receive what they need, rather than what they deserve.

Power structures in society are based on white privilege.

Plato believed that every individual should get the resources that they deserve.

According to the Anti-Oppression Theory, it is best to ignore oppression.

Postmodernists believe in passive justice.